5 Things You Didn’t Know A Physio Can Do
What comes to mind when you think of a physiotherapist? Most people will probably think of them as being used by only elite athletes or something you get in the hospital after an accident. Whist physiotherapists deal with sporting injuries and can help you get back to full health after an accident, they can help with so much more.
3 key points of Athos Physio approach as a physiotherapy service
A physiotherapist is a highly qualified and skilled health professional that uses physical assessments and treatments to diagnose and treat the causes of both acute and chronic pain. They can help to:
Decrease pain
Improve your mobility
Increase your strength
Here is a list of 5 things a physiotherapist can do
Physiotherapy can help with Headaches and Migraines
If you suffer from persistent and chronic headaches, they can affect your quality of life; for some, it can take over their lives. Physiotherapists can assess potential triggers for your headaches, helping to narrow down the possible sources, whether related to stiff upper neck joints, sustained neck positions during sitting or driving, or pain that starts in the shoulders/neck and travels upwards to the head. Physiotherapists can often provide treatment giving quick and effective results to ease the severity and frequency of headaches and migraines.
Decreasing Chronic Back Pain with physiotherapy
Back pain is estimated to affect 4 in 5 people in the UK at any given time, with chronic back pain estimated to affect up to 10 million of us. A good physiotherapist can help you relieve the pain in your back even if that has been diagnosed as chronic. Through a series of detailed physical examinations, a physiotherapist will be able to identify and highlight contributing factors to your pain. They can then help you find ways to alleviate your pain and help retrain your movement patterns to prevent it from returning in the future.
Respiratory issues and their link to physiotherapy
One of the most common misconceptions of physiotherapy is that it’s only treating muscle pain and sporting injuries. You may be surprised to know that physiotherapy can help with breathing issues and conditions too. Breathing uses more parts of your body than you might think. Both acute and chronic conditions, such as asthma, pneumonia, and bronchitis, can be managed and treated with physiotherapy to reduce symptoms or overcome some conditions, including aiding with the effects of conditions such as sleep apnea.
Women’s health problems
Issues like incontinence, pelvic floor problems, pelvic organ prolapse, and pre-natal/post-natal matters, including abdominal tearing, can dramatically affect your quality of life and your confidence. Specifically, trained women's health physiotherapists use a series of treatment options and prescribe exercise programs to identify, retrain or strengthen those parts of the body affected. This helps to improve your overall quality of life as well as to help prevent complications further down the line.
Dizziness and Vertigo link to physiotherapy
Visiting a physiotherapist would probably not be top of your list if you suffer from vestibular conditions, but it is common for a physiotherapist to treat them. Vertigo, lightheadedness and unsteadiness come to us all with age but can also impact anyone at any time or age, be it through injuries or illness. Physiotherapists can work to address the underlying concerns, to find a resolution to the issue to help reduce the effects or help eliminate them. This is even more important to consider with people of age where falling over is a significant concern that could lead to more severe injuries.
Athos Physio is here to support you
These are just a handful of the conditions and issues that a physiotherapist can aid you with, and there are many more. Here at Athos Physio, we believe that your wellness starts with the right decision in your- so we work with you to find the best resolution to your problem or injury.
Here is a list of issues Athos Physio can support you with
Disc herniation / sciatica
Low back pain/injury
Neck pain/stiffness
Migraines/headaches
Whiplash injuries
Arthritis
Post fracture rehabilitation
Post-surgery rehabilitation
Post pregnancy rehabilitation
Total hip replacement rehabilitation
Total knee replacement rehabilitation
ACL reconstruction rehabilitation
Frozen shoulder
Shoulder impingement
Rotator cuff injury/tendinopathy
Running injuries (runners knee, patellar tendinopathy, shin splints)
Ligament sprains (ankle, knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist)
Tennis elbow & Golfer's elbow
Neuromuscular disfunction
Neuropathy/polyneuropathy
Contact us today if you need help with any of these conditions or any other advice, Or schedule your session for an online or in-person consultation in our Manchester city centre practice.